Rapping

originally played by young African Americans. The other meaning is the culture of the young African Americans and others who enjoy this type of music which includes special styles of arts, dancing and dress. Hip hop included Deejays, rapping, B-Boys, and graffiti. However, rapping became its main form some years later. (Danger, 2013) But does everybody know the origins and founders of hip hop? This report will trace its

it then , I told him that you should atleast consider getting a real job. Since then, Dre has changed his mind set and kept on working hard in the clubs djing while his good friends Ice cube and Eazy-E, would always be with him writing songs and rapping. That same year, Dr. Dre and his good friends started a group called n.w.a which meant n*gga’s with attitude which was a gangster rap group. The group

The cool, calm and collective Gunna who creates loud and phenomenal music. The in differ name, Gunna comes from his cousin who felt that the name Gunna is more suitable for his aptitude and lifestyle, so his previous stage name, Snypa was dismissed. Born and raised on the Southside of Chicago, Gunna took on a lot of knowledge from the streets that kept him focused on a career path in Hip Hop. Growing up listening to Jay- Z and Lil Wayne, he knew that he was capable of making great music. Being a

areas around the globe, they produce their music using American hip-hop beats. The Haitian people blend it with customary Kreyol language while the artist in Montreal rap in French and mix in “their own language codes” (Vertus 2016). Both groups rapping about the socioeconomic challenges faced every day like poverty, ghetto life, and the drug culture. Haiti’s more lenient when it comes to accepting hip-hop into their culture and has grown considerably and undergone many changes over the past years

able to produce as influential music as the male would, mainly because there was not a good amount of females rapping. Since this is known male dominated genre and rap is depicted to be for the uneducated, female rappers was not seen as a serious career path. Females in hip-hop was not considered a serious career path until they became more unified. Due to the low amount of female rapping and producing music, stereotypes began to parade the rap genre. Female rappers were never consider as influential

ask about rap music he told me that some rap music is catchy, but he doesn’t listen to rap everyone day. My cousin Wylie who is in the Marine Core and also has no tattoos told me “I only like rap with real talent like FAST rapping and I like Eminem. I like those because fast rapping requires actual talent. I like Eminem because he raps a lot about his family and his experiences. I love tats because they can hold SO MUCH symbolism forever on the person... Also they look too cool.” My older Brother who

Discussion #4 The term acculturation is known as, “…cultural modification of an individual, group, or people, by adapting or borrowing traits from another culture,” (Merriam-Webster). It often refers to minorities, and their desire to maintain their own culture, yet the ability to stay completely detached from the surrounding majority community is impossible. Assimilation on the other hand is referred to as, “the process through which individuals and groups of differing heritages acquire the basic

Hip-hop has influenced the way people make music, the way they dance, and the way they wear their clothes. It has also shaped people’s political views and turned many people into entrepreneurs. Hip-hop culture includes four main components: rapping, DJing, graffiti art, and break dancing. At its start, hip-hop was inspired by a change of other art forms, many of which still influence and inspire hip-hop artists today. One of hip-hop’s key characteristics is its ability to take an idea, a practice

Flashing lights, money, and fame, for many hip hop artists these are just normal aspects of life that they experience everyday. For many rappers, this stardom came through gangster rap in 80’s and the 90’s. Gangsta rap is known for being based off of gang relations, drugs, and sex, and because of this, many people were hindered from enjoying a very popular form of art. In the era before Kanye West’s influence, hip hop only catered to those who lived in the “hood”, while a majority of people could

Frankfurt, West Germany and raised in a suburb of Fayetteville, North Carolina where he was then raised by his mother, aunt, and cousin He was introduced to the world of rap by his cousin, who taught him the rhythm and style. He fell in love and with rapping, and was drawn to storytelling rap. In one of his newest album’s Mr. Lamarr talks about not having sufficient love and his room was a sanctuary during his